Falcons Close Out Four-Week Road Trip at Cal

March 7, 2007

The Air Force women's gymnastics team closes out the road portion of the regular season in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday, March 9. The Falcons will compete in a tri-meet with host California and Penn at Haas Pavilion. It will be the first of two meetings between the Falcons and Bears.

Weekly Release 07 - at Cal, with Penn
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SCOUTING THE FALCONS: Air Force was off last weekend...they are currently ranked ninth in the North Central Region with a Regional Qualifying Score of 184.875...that RQS is ranked fourth in the four-team Mountain Pacific Sports Federation...in their last action, the Falcons dropped a 193.375-186.275 decision to Western Michigan...that score was a season-high mark.

SCOUTING THE BEARS: Cal is ranked seventh in the seven-team PAC-10 with a Regional Qualifying Score of 191.635...this will be the final home meet of the season for the Bears...in its last time out, Cal tallied a season best 193.750, but fell to No. 17 Arizona...at that meet, Bridgette Glass became Cal's first gymnast to score a 9.900 on the beam since 2004.

SCOUTING THE QUAKERS: With a RQS of 187.210, Penn is currently ranked sixth in the 19-team ECAC...the Quakers are currently 11-6 on the year...they have been in California for a week, having finished second to Sacramento State on Sunday, dropping a close 193.925-192.950 decision...Marissa Rosen won the all-around with a 39.075 score.

ONE MORE TIME: While UC-Davis is the only team the Air Force will face on three occasions, it is not the only squad that the Falcons will match up with twice. Air Force, which opened the season at Denver, will close out the year hosting the Pioneers. That meet follows a pair of home-and-home meets with Cal-Berkeley.

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE: The Falcons wrapping up a four-week excursion that is taking them back and fourth across the country. Air Force opened its tour Feb. 10 against Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, before heading to Davis, Calif., for a rematch with UCD on Feb. 16. The Falcons return to the Midwest on Feb. 25, as they take on Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich., and round out the road-swing back with a tri-meet in California on March 9.

`RANK YOU VERY MUCH: With the switch to the rankings being determined by the Regional Qualifying Score, Air Force has three gymnasts ranked among the league's top-six all-arounders. Senior Sashonna Iwaniec is ranked fourth with a RQS of 26.940, while sophomore Abigail Rogers (36.790) and freshman Emily Daron (35.750) are ranked fifth and sixth, respectively.

LAST TIME OUT: For the second straight week, Air Force improved its team total in dual-meet action, accumulating a total of 186.275 in a loss to Western Michigan (193.375). Senior Christine Powers paces the Falcons with a second-place finish on the balance beam. With a season-best score of 9.700, Powers finished just .100 off of the meet winner.

HIGH-FLYING SCORES: Senior Sashonna Iwaniec tallied a pair of season-best scores in the Falcons' meet at Western Michigan. Finishing third in the all-around, Iwaniec tallied a season-high score of 37.775. In addition, she matched her season-best total of 9.675 on the vault.

COMING UP: After a month-long absence, the Falcons finally return to the Academy for a pair of meets. Air Force will host Cal on Sunday, March 18, at 1 p.m., before closing out the 2007 regular season against Denver on Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m. Both meets will be held in the Cadet West Gym.

Players Mentioned

Sashonna Iwaniec

Christine Powers

Abigail Rogers

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